"Chief Justice Ian Winder, in his ruling, leaned heavily on two elements in his decision – first, that while it was clear that orders to stop construction had been ignored that it must be shown that someone had known about those orders for action to be taken against them."

Since when did ignorance of the law or legal regulations become an excuse for the violator.
Seems like another example of how backward our Gov't & Legal System is!

What on earth does marijuana have to do with religion? So, everybody & anybody can simply say I'm Rastafarian, so I can have & use marijuana.

If you are arrested for murder & Police find you in possession of a gun, you are "a danger to society", bail should be denied.
If you are on bail & found guilty of violating terms of your bail, bail should be terminated & accused held in custody until trial.
I guess, too confusing for "not so smart" MP's & Judges.

Did an Elected Official (Munroe) actually say what is in this Article? Another example of how downhill Elected Governments are going. May the Lord have mercy on us.

Maybe get rid of this easy bail for serious crimes where evidence is very strong against the accused right at time of arrest or is a repeat violent offender or violation of bail-parole conditions. Bahamas is master of their own vicious & dangerous past-present-future . The rest of the World treats dangerous criminal much differently & doesn't allow all this leniency being granted by Bahama courts. It's the Government which needs to change parimeters for bail allowance & ultimately final penalty upon conviction.

When you have children running the Government, you will have childess decisions.

Maybe get rid of this easy bail for serious crimes where evidence is very strong against the accused right at time of arrest or is a repeat violent offender or violation of bail-parole conditions. Bahamas is master of their own vicious & dangerous past-present-future . The rest of the World treats dangerous criminal much differently & doesn't allow all this leniency being granted by Bahama courts. It's the Government which needs to change parimeters for bail allowance & ultimately final penalty upon conviction.

"High End Destination"??? Wow, take a walk through Nassau or visit Grand Bahamas. Most is borderline slum level & in very short order tourists are going to re-route themselves to much nicer & more economical holiday destinations.

Digital, Sand Dollar, all things out of a fairy tale. The world does business with cash,credit card & debit card. The rest is just someone trying to sell you another money maker for them, not you.

The obvious question that should be asked by every citizen, how much has the Gov't withdrawn from the Fund over the years & what was it spent on?